Paperworks

The wife really wants those wicker baskets one can place in shelves to make messy piles go away, 

but those things cost upwards of $20 or more. 

So she's going to,

you guessed it,

make them out of paper and cardboard. 

Yep. She loves paper! And there is plenty of paper around this domicile.

She's thinking of all of the phone books they've never used,

the mounds of magazines they've read and no longer read,

and the newspapers she saved for gardening....

She discovered tons of online videos about making baskets out of rolled up paper, 

and her work has turned out fairly well so far:

It's time, yes, but it is totally awesome! 

(The wife is thinking of the green papers she is saving by weaving these grey and yellow larger ones.)

I would post directions, but it's so much better if you watch someone make them.
Look up "Weaving Baskets from Paper" on youtube.com.